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I hope that everyone is having a wonderful week! Today after I get off work, I will drive up to the (snowy!) mountains where my parents liv...

It's my favorite time of year again! It's time for the Best of 2015! First, I am going to start with one of my favorites, in fact y...

In my industry, when we are looking for information, we ask for "color", as in, "can I get some color on that sale at Nordst...

This year has been a strange one for me. I would say I have been "busy" but I don't know if I have been any busier than I was...

November was one of those months where you feel kind of relaxed and you think you have plenty of time until Christmas and then all of a sud...

It was very common back in the day for houses to not have closets. Don't quote me on this, but my understanding is that it had somethi...

Don't freak out; this post is NOT about what you think it is. I decided that I would post from time to time about the joys of being a...

Another October is in the books! Finally, a month with a good mix of friends, family, work, running and getting things knocked off my To Do...

Wow! It's been a long time since I have done a race recap. In 2013, Dick Collins was my first 50 mile trail race. I had no idea how t...

It's 4:49 a.m. My alarm goes off and I hop off of the couch, where I have been sitting and reading. I wash my breakfast dishes, grab my...

September! Back to school days and leaf raking days; new pencils and old friend days; putting on pants and jelly making days. Early sunset ...

From here on out, this space will be called the "looking back" space. Before I go on, I am looking forward to Fall! Okay, now I a...

There is nothing special about today, but I thought I would do a midweek TGIF regarding the past 7 days! The high of my week was  a trip ...

Looking back at this blog, I noticed that I am generally posting only a couple times a month, one of them being the "looking back"...

Eleanor Roosevelt said to, "Do something every day that scares you".  In less than 24 hours, I will be toeing the line of the...

June was a whirlwind of a month full of good friends and some travel and lots of money hemorrhaging! Yup, you heard me right. June was not ...

The fact that this post is being done on June 11th pretty much indicates how my month of May/June have been going. I feel like I am swimmin...

At work we always call Fridays "fizzy Friday", since the end of the week has the normal everyday tasks as well as the wrap up tas...

Dear May. You are my favorite month. You are the month of flowers and of long days spent outside where it is just the right temperature. Yo...